Woven-wire mitten.



C. P. DU BOIS.

WOVEN WIRE MITTEN.4 APPLICATION FILED IIAII. aI. I-9II.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

CLARA P. DU BOIS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y. i

'WOVEN-WIRE MITTEN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917..

Application led March 31, 1917. Serial N o. 158,876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA P. DU Bois, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Woven-Wire Mittens, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to hand-coverlngs or mittens, and has for itsobject to provide an improved hand covering to serve as a protectionagainst heat and especially designed for use by bakers and domesti'csfor removing hot vessels from ovens without burning the hands. A furtherobject 1s to provide improved means of additional protection near theends of the fingers and thumb which come in direct contact with theheated vessel in grasping the same.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in the accompanyingdrawings which constitute a part of the specification, and then morespecifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views:

Figure 1 is an inner face view of a mitten or glove made substantiallyin accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of the protection piece for the thumb,and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through said protection piece and aportion of the thumb of the mitten, showing how said protection piece issecured thereto.

The hand-covering 1 is made of woven wire preferably in the form of amitten having one compartment 2 to inclose all of the fingers, andanother compartment 3 to inclose the thumb. The woven wire is of propermesh to protect the hand from eX- ternal heat and prevent any part ofthe hand from coming in direct contact with a heated surface. In usingthe mitten for removing heated vessels from an oven, it is necessary tograsp the vessel between the thumb and fingers, and to protect theseparts of the hand from being burned, the

inner faces of the portions 2 and 3 ofl 6, as shown in Fig. 3, which areinterwoven with the wire mesh material forming the body of the mitten,as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. By this means the protection pads tand 5 are firmly united to the mitten at the proper places shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The bottom or entrance of the mitten is surrounded by one or more coils7 of resili-l ent wire connected tothe edge ofthe woven wire forming thebody of the mitten, and designed to yield when the hand is inserted intothe mitten and make the latter fit snugly around the wrist. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination with a complete handcovering made of woven wire, ofpads also made of woven wire secured to the inner faces of the endportions of the parts inclosing the fingers and thumb for the purposespecified.

2. The combination with a, hand-covering made of woven wire, of padsalso made of woven wire and having radiating wires around their edgesinterwoven with the material of the hand-coverin for securing them tothe portions inclosmg the fingers and thumb for the purposev specified.

3. The combination with a complete handcovering made of woven wire, of acoil of resilient wire interwoven with the edge of said wire materialaround the entrance of the hand-covering for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CLARA P. DU BOIS.

Copies o1 this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D.

